马氏珠母贝接头蛋白CIKS的基因克隆与组织表达分析

【目的】探究马氏珠母贝接头蛋白CIKS(PmCIKS)在马氏珠母贝免疫反应中的作用。【方法】采用cDNA末端快速扩增(RACE)技术获得PmCIKS基因cDNA全长序列,运用生物信息学手段分析该序列,用实时荧光定量PCR(RT-PCR)技术检测PmCIKS基因在马氏珠母贝7个组织中的表达模式。【结果】PmCIKS基因cDNA全长为1 987 bp,其中5′UTR长为228 bp,3′UTR长为148 bp,包含24 bp的ploy A,开放阅读框(ORF)为1 611 bp,编码536个氨基酸,预测其分子质量约为61.3 ku,等电点为7.01。物种间CIKS有较高的保守性。PmCIKS在马氏珠母贝肝胰腺、性腺、闭壳肌、鳃、血细胞、外套膜和足中均有表达,其中在血细胞中表达量最高。     

马氏珠母贝载脂蛋白-2基因的克隆与表达分析

以RACE技术克隆获得马氏珠母贝载脂蛋白-2(Pm-ApoL2)基因cDNA全长序列,以传统萃取法提取黄色与白色闭壳肌个体的类胡萝卜素,以荧光定量技术检测Pm-ApoL2基因在各个组织中的表达量及黄与白闭壳肌个体的Pm-ApoL2表达量。结果表明,Pm-ApoL2基因cDNA序列全长1 328 bp,开放阅读框(ORF)长705 bp,编码234个氨基酸,5′非翻译区(5′UTR)长342 bp,3′UTR长281 bp。Pm-ApoL2在肝胰腺中表达量最高,其后依次是外套膜、鳃、闭壳肌,其中肝胰脏表达量显著大于其它3个组织(P0.05)。黄、白色闭壳肌个体之间的类胡萝卜素含量和Pm-ApoL2的表达量都存在显著性差异(P0.05),且二者的类胡萝卜素含量与Pm-ApoL2表达量呈显著正相关。Pm-ApoL2基因为马氏珠母贝类胡萝卜素代谢候选基因。     

马氏珠母贝TRADD基因克隆与组织表达分析

【目的】克隆马氏珠母贝(Pinctada martensii)肿瘤坏死因子受体相关死亡域蛋白(TRADD)基因,并分析其在各组织中的表达。【方法】利用cDNA末端快速扩增技术(RACE)克隆获得马氏珠母贝PmTRADD基因的c DNA全长序列,利用实时荧光定量PCR(qPCR)方法分析PmTRADD基因在马氏珠母贝不同组织中的表达模式。【结果与结论】PmTRADD包含5′非编码区101 bp,3′非编码区144 bp和开放阅读框(ORF)591 bp,编码196个氨基酸。序列分析表明,PmTRADD没有信号肽和跨膜结构域,C端含有一个死亡结构域(DEATH)。将PmTRADD死亡结构域的氨基酸序列与其他物种的TRADD死亡结构域序列进行比对,发现不同物种的TRADD死亡结构域序列同源性较低。PmTRADD在马氏珠母贝各组织中均有不同程度表达,在鳃组织中表达最高,肝胰腺次之,闭壳肌中基本无表达。     

马氏珠母贝PmFAMeT基因的克隆及表达

【目的】克隆马氏珠母贝(Pinctada martensii)法尼酸甲基转移酶(FAMe T)基因,并分析其在各组织中的表达。【方法】利用cDNA末端快速扩增技术(RACE)克隆获得马氏珠母贝FAMeT(PmFAMeT)基因的cDNA全长序列,利用实时荧光定量PCR(qPCR)方法分析PmFAMeT在马氏珠母贝不同组织中的表达模式。【结果与结论】PmFAMeT包含5′非编码区120 bp,3′非编码区968 bp和开放阅读框(ORF)1 536 bp,编码511个氨基酸。序列分析表明,PmFAMeT含有信号肽序列和跨膜结构域,并有WSC结构域、TSP1结构域和2个Methyltransf_FA结构域。将推导的PmFAMeT氨基酸序列与其他物种的FAMeT序列进行比对发现,不同物种的Methyltransf_FA序列同源性较高。PmFAMeT在马氏珠母贝的各个组织中均有表达,且在边缘膜、肝胰腺和性腺中的表达量显著高于其他组织。     

马氏珠母贝PmLec-8基因的克隆与表达分析

Lec-8(C-type lectin 8)属于C-型凝集素超家族,在机体抵抗微生物的感染过程起重要的作用。本研究采用RACE技术克隆出了PmLec-8基因cDNA全长序列,并且运用实时荧光定量PCR(qRT-PCR)技术检测了PmLec-8基因在马氏珠母贝(Pinctada fucata martensii)不同组织中的表达模式。结果显示:PmLec-8基因序列全长737 bp,其中5′UTR长为36 bp,3′UTR长为113 bp,开放阅读框(ORF)为588 bp,编码195个氨基酸,预测其分子质量约为22.90 ku,等电点为5.17;PmLec-8具在一个糖类识别结构域(Carbonhydrate-recognition domain,CRD),符合典型的C型凝集素(C-type lectin)家族特征;多序列比对结果表明物种间Lec-8的同源性较低,4个半胱氨基酸残基高度保守;qRT-PCR数据分析表明,PmLec-8在马氏珠母贝肝胰腺、性腺、闭壳肌、鳃、血细胞和外套膜中均有表达,其中肝胰腺中表达量最高,其次是鳃,差异具统计学意义(P0.05)。     

马氏珠母贝β2肾上腺素能受体(β2AR)分子特征和表达分析

【目的】研究马氏珠母贝(Pinctada martensii)β2肾上腺素能受体(Pmβ2AR)的生物学功能。【方法】利用cDNA末端快速扩增技术(RACE)克隆获得Pmβ2AR基因的cDNA的全长序列并对其序列特征进行分析,实时荧光定量技术(q RT-PCR)检测马氏珠母贝不同组织中β2AR基因m RNA的表达水平。【结果与结论】Pmβ2AR的cDNA全长2 426 bp,包括开放阅读框(ORF)2 091 bp,编码696个氨基酸,5′UTR长144 bp,3′UTR长191bp,预测分子质量79.0 ku,理论等电点9.18,多重序列比对结果发现β2AR在不同物种间的保守性较高。软件分析结果显示Pmβ2AR的氨基酸序列具有7个典型的跨膜结构域。q RT-PCR结果表明,Pmβ2AR基因在各组织中均有表达,在鳃中表达量最高,在肝胰腺和性腺中表达量也较高。     

马氏珠母贝B型清道夫受体PmSR-B基因克隆与表达性分析

采用c DNA末端快速扩增技术克隆获得马氏珠母贝清道夫受体基因c DNA全长序列(Pm SR-B);利用荧光定量技术检测Pm SR-B基因在各个组织中的表达量。结果表明,Pm SR-B基因c DNA序列全长1 857 bp,开放阅读框(ORF)长1 443 bp,编码480个氨基酸,5′非翻译区(5′UTR)长89 bp,3′UTR长325 bp。预测其分子质量为54.77 ku,等电点为7.94,脂溶性系数92.94,总平均亲水性-0.120,属于疏水性蛋白;不稳定指数26.37,属于稳定蛋白。氨基酸序列同源比对结果,Pm SR-B氨基酸序列与其他物种具有一定的保守性,与华贵类栉孔扇贝(Mimachlamys nobilis)SR-B的序列的相似度高达47%。荧光定量PCR检测结果,Pm SR-B在肝胰腺中表达量最高,其后依次是鳃、闭壳肌、中央膜,各组织的表达量差异具统计学意义(P0.05)。     

马氏珠母贝TRACP基因的克隆及组织表达

【目的】克隆马氏珠母贝(Pinctada martensii)抗酒石酸酸性磷酸酶(Tartrate resistant acid phosphatase,TRACP)基因,分析该基因在不同组织中的表达模式。【方法】用RACE技术克隆得马氏珠母贝TRACP基因(PmTRACP),用实时荧光定量PCR分析该基因在外套膜、闭壳肌、足、性腺、珍珠囊、肝胰腺和鳃中的表达。【结果与结论】PmTRACP基因长度为2 034 bp,开放式阅读框972 bp,编码323个氨基酸,5′UTR长度为27 bp,3′UTR长度为1 035 bp。预测PmTRACP分子质量约为36.39 ku,理论等电点为5.97。该基因含有一个钙调神经磷酸酶样磷酸酯酶结构域。PmTRACP与其他物种TRACP的同源性为48%～65%,与长牡蛎(Crassostrea gigas)TRACP的同源性最高,同时D~(32)、D~(70)、Y~(73)、N~(108)、H~(203)、H~(212)、H~(237)、H~(239)等8个氨基酸活性位点和N~(114)糖基化位点在不同物种TRACP中高度保守。PmTRACP与长牡蛎TRACP的亲缘关系最近。PmTRACP在马氏珠母贝各个组织均有表达,且在肝胰腺和珍珠囊中高表达。     

马氏珠母贝Su(H)基因克隆与组织特异性表达

Su(H)基因(Suppressor of Hairless gene)对生物体细胞的分化、增殖和凋亡起重要的调控作用。根据马氏珠母贝(Pinctada martensii)转录组数据库中注释为Su(H)的unigene序列设计基因特异性引物,应用cDNA末端快速扩增(RACE)技术克隆获得了马氏珠母贝Su(H)[pm-Su(H)]基因cDNA全长序列。结果表明:pm-Su(H)基因全长3 830 bp,其中开放阅读框含有1 920 bp,编码640个氨基酸残基,5'UTR为1 568bp,3'UTR为342 bp,含有27 bp polyA;预测其分子质量为70.6 ku,等电点为7.38;多序列比对显示,pm-Su(H)与其他物种的Su(H)有较高的保守性,与牡蛎(Crassostrea gigas)的同源序列高达80%;荧光定量PCR分析表明,pm-Su(H)在马氏珠母贝闭壳肌、鳃、珍珠囊、外套膜、肝胰脏、性腺、足、血淋巴等8组织中均有表达,其中以性腺中表达量最高,其次是珍珠囊和外套膜。     

马氏珠母贝细胞周期分裂基因CDC45基因特征、表达量与性状相关分析

采用RACE技术克隆了马氏珠母贝细胞周期分裂基因45(Pm-CDC45)全长序列,利用荧光定量PCR检测该基因在闭壳肌、鳃、性腺与外套膜组织的表达量,并估计基因表达量与金黄壳色第3代选育群体壳高性状的相关性。结果表明:Pm-CDC45基因序列全长为2 091 bp,5′非编码区(5′UTR)为157 bp,3′非编码区(3′UTR)为34 bp,其中开放阅读框为1 967 bp,编码655个氨基酸;Pm-CDC45在各组织的相对表达量存在显著差异(P0.05),其中闭壳肌表达量最高,鳃和性腺为其次,外套膜最低;Pm-CDC45基因相对表达量与选育群体壳高性状与存在显著的正相关(r=0.531,P0.05);马氏珠母贝Pm-CDC45为影响壳高性状基因。     

Characterization,expression and function analysis of DAX1 gene of scallop (Chlamys farreri jones and preston 1904) during its gametogenesis

DAX1, a member of nuclear receptor superfamily, has a function in the sex determination and gonadal differentiation of several vertebrate species. However, little information about DAX1 of invertebrates is available. Here we cloned a homolog of scallop (Chlamys farreri Jones and Preston 1904) dax1, Cf-dax1, and determined its expression characteristics at mRNA and protein levels. The cDNA sequence of Cf-dax1 was 2093 bp in length, including 1404 bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding 467 amino acids. Unlike those of vertebrates, no conserved LXXLL-related motif was found in the putative DNA binding region of Cf-DAX1. Fluorescence in situ hybridization showed that Cf-dax1 located on the short arm of a pair of subtelocentric chromosomes. Tissue distribution analysis using semi-quantitative RT-PCR revealed that Cf-dax1 expressed widely in adult scallop tissues, with the highest expression level found in adductor muscle, moderate level in mantle, gill and testis, and low level in kidney, ovary and hepatopancreas. The result of quantitative real-time PCR indicated that the expression of Cf-dax1 was significantly higher (P<0.05) in testis than in ovary at the same stage, showing a sex-dimorphic expression pattern. Furthermore, immunohistochemical detection found that Cf-DAX1 mainly located in spermatogonia and spermatocytes of testis and in oogonia and oocytes of ovary, implying that DAX1 may involve in gametogenesis of bivalves.     

Molecular cloning and mRNA expression analysis of myosin heavy chain (MyHC) from fast skeletal muscle of grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella

The myosin heavy chain (MyHC) is one of the major structural and contracting proteins of muscle. We have isolated the cDNA clone encoding MyHC of the grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella. The sequence comprises 5 934 bp, including a 5 814 bp open reading frame encoding an amino acid sequence of 1 937 residues. The deduced amino acid sequence showed 69% homology to rabbit fast skeletal MyHC and 73%–76% homology to the MyHCs from the mandarin fish, walleye pollack, white croaker, chum salmon, and carp. The putative sequences of subfragment-1 and the light meromyosin region showed 61.4%–80% homology to the corresponding regions of other fish MyHCs. The tissue-specific and developmental stage-specific expressions of the MyHC gene were analyzed by quantitative real-time PCR. The MyHC gene showed the highest expression in the muscles compared with the kidney, spleen and intestine. Developmentally, there was a gradual increase in MyHC mRNA expression from the neural formation stage to the tail bud stage. The highest expression was detected in hatching larva. Our work on the MyHC gene from the grass carp has provided useful information for fish molecular biology and fish genomics.     

Cloning, Expression and Characterization of Translationally Controlled Tumor Protein （TCTP） Gene from Flatfish Turbot （Scophthalmus maximus）

A full-length cDNA encoding translationally controlled tumor protein of marine flatfish turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), SmTCTP, was isolated with rapid amplification of cDNA Ends (RACE). SmTCTP consisted of a 5' untranslated region (UTR) of 84 bp, a 3' UTR of 451 bp and an open reading flame (ORF) of 513 bp, encoding a protein of 170 amino acid residues, which contained two signature sequences of TCTP family. The 5'UTR of SmTCTP started with a 5'-terminal oligopyrimidine tract (5'-TOP), a typical feature for translationaily controlled mRNAs. The deduced amino acid sequence of SmTCTP was similar to the other known verte-brate TCTPs in a range of 58.8% to 64.1%. The length offish TCTPs was diverse among species, e.g., TCTP of turbot and sea perch (Lateolabrax japonicus) is 170 aa in length, while that of zebrafish (Danio rer/o) and rohu (Labeo rohita) is 171 aa in length. North-ern blot analysis revealed that SmTCTP has only one type of mRNA. Its expression level in albino skin was slightly higher than that in normal skin. We constructed the pET3Oa-SmTCTP expression plasmid. The recombinant protein of His-tag SmTCTP was over-expressed in E. coli, purified and identified with peptide mass fingerprinting. These results may pave the way of further inves-tigation of the biological function of TCTP in fish.     

Expression and localization of a novel phosducin-like protein from amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri

A full length amphioxus cDNA, encoding a novel phosducin-like protein (Amphi-PhLP),was identified for the first time from the gut cDNA library of Branchiostoma belched. It is comprised of 1 550 bp and an open reading frame (ORF) of 241 amino acids, with a predicted molecular mass of approximately 28 kDa. In situ hybridization histocbemistry revealed a tissue-specific expression pattern of Amphi-PhLP with the high levels in the ovary, and at a lower level in the hind gut and testis, hepatic caecum, gill, endostyle, and epipharyngeal groove, while it was absent in the muscle, neural tube and notochord. In the Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells transfected with the expression plasmid pEGFP-NIIAmphi-PhLP, the fusion protein was targeted in the cytoplasm of CHO cells, suggesting that Amphi-PhLP is a cytosolic protein. This work may provide a framework for further understanding of the physiological function of Amphi-PhLP in B. belcheri.     

Molecular Cloning and Expression ofPoIR2, a Novel Gene Involved in Immune Response in Japanese Flounder （Paralichthys olivaceus）

A novel immune-related gene was expressed in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) injected with Vibrio anguillarum. The complete cDNA contained a 169 bp 5’UTR, a 336 bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding 111 amino acids and a 556bp 3’UTR. Six exons and five introns were identified in the PoIR2 gene. Blastp similarity comparison showed its encoding protein had 50% similarity to Danio rerio neuromedin S (NMS), but further alignment indicated they did not have NMS C-terminal conservational signature domain. So it was not defined as an NMS homologue. Protein structure analysis indicated it had a 26aa signal peptide and was a secretory pathway protein. RT-PCR demonstrated that the expression of PoIR2 was quickly induced and drastically increased in liver, kidney, spleen, gills, intestine, heart, and skeletal muscle after infected with V. anguillarum. These results indicated that the PoIR2 might play some important role in Japanese flounder immune response system. This gene was named PoIR2 (P.olivaceus immune-related gene 2, GenBank accession number: EU224372). The mature PoIR2 peptide was expressed in BL21(DE3) pLysS using pET-32a(+) vector and a great part of the recombinant mature peptide existed as soluble type.     

大口黑鲈抗菌肽hepcidin cDNA序列和结构分析

以大口黑鲈为材料,提取肝脏总RNA,经RT-PCR扩增出hepcidin cDNA的开放阅读框(ORF)及3′端非编码区序列,应用5′RACE方法得到大口黑鲈hepcidin cDNA5′末端。将所获得的两个片段分别克隆到T载体后进行测序,并拼接成大口黑鲈hepcidin全长cDNA。序列分析表明:大口黑鲈hepcidin全长cDNA为564bp,含有一个258bp的ORF,编码86个氨基酸残基,由信号肽(24个残基)、前肽(42个残基)和成熟肽(20个残基)3部分组成hepcidin前体。在前肽部分具有前肽转化酶典型的RX(K/R)R基元,成熟肽部分含有8个保守的半胱氨酸残基,可形成四个链内二硫桥,使β-折叠结构保持稳定。大口黑鲈Hepcidin与其他鱼类的同源性在29.7%~90.5%间,尤其是信号肽区域,与鳜、尼罗罗非鱼、真鲷、花鲈、黑鯛、金眼狼鲈仅有2~3个氨基酸的差别。